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No. 475,073. Patented May 17,- 1892.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFIcE.

EDWARD O. ANDERSON, OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR TO THE INVISIBLEEYELET COMPANY, OF PORTLAND, MAINE.

SHOE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 475,073, dated May 17,1892.

Application filed November 25, 1891. Serial No. 413,058. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDWARD O. ANDERSON, a citizen of the United States,residing at Boston, in the county of Suffolk and State of Massachusetts,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Laced Boots ortShoes, of which the following is a specifica- The object of myinvention is a laced boot or shoe provided with eyelets which do notshow on the outside, thereby preventing the unsightly appearanceresulting from the wearing off of the japan or other coating from theeyelets when they are so placed as to appear on the outside of the bootor shoe, ashas been heretofore the universal practice.

I accomplish my object as follows: I provlde a stay-piece, as is nowdone, but instead of putting the eyelets through both this piece and theupper, thereby causing the eyelet to appear outside of the upper, whereit will be subjected to wear, I put the eyelet through the stay-pieceonly, or through the lining and the stay-piece and puncture by anyappropriate means a series of holes in the upper opposite the eyelets inthe stay-piece. In this way, when the boot or shoe is laced, no part ofthe eyelets will be seen. The stay-piece may be placed on the outside,and in that case the eyelets will be put through the upper, thestay-piece provided with holes opposite to the eyelets being sewed onover the part containing the eyelets; but this I regard as only anotherform of my invention.

In the drawings I have shown in Figure 1 a front view of a shoe made inaccordance with my invention, the stay-piece and upper being turnedback, so as to show the eyelets in the former and the holes opposite tothem in the latter; and in Fig. 2 I have shown the same laced up.

a is the shoe.

1) is the stay-piece.

c c are the eyelets.

d d are the holes in the upper opposite to the eyelets through which thelacings are to beplaced.

c is the lining.

It will be seen that by my invention the rough. side of the eyelet isconcealed, whereas as they are now used it must appear on one side orthe other of the upper; also by my invention the eyelet can be set sothat the split and ragged rim caused by inserting it does not come nextthe stocking of the wearer, but between the upper and thestay-piece.This not only gives the shoe a neater and more finished appearance, butprevents the lacing from being worn by coming in contact with the splitrim of the eyelet in putting onand taking off the shoe and also whileitis being worn.

What I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

A laced boot or shoe provided with eyelets which are inserted in theunder portion only of the different thicknesses of material composingthe boot or shoe at that part and are covered by the outer portion ofthe shoe, through which outer portion are holes placed substantiallyopposite to the eyelets, so that the lacings may be put through theeyelets and the opposite holes and when the boot or shoe is laced noportion of the eyelets will appear, substantially as and for the purposeabove described.

EDWARD C. ANDERSON.

Witnesses:

J OHN L. McLEAN, RoLoN E. FOSTER.

